Mop holder having screw-operated clamping plate



Dec. 16, 1952 J. F. BAGLEY, JR 2,621,353

MOP HOLDER HAVING SCREW OPERATED CLAMPING PLATE Filed April 14, 1950Patented Dec. 16,1952

MOP HOLDER HAVING SCREW-OPERATED CLAMPING PLATE John F. Bagley, J r.,South Hadley, Mass., assignor to Stanley Home Products, Inc., Westfield,Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application April 14, 1950, SerialNo. 155,888

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in connectors and is directedmore particularly to improvements in devices for connecting handles andbrushes, mops, and the like.

This application is an improvement in th mop clamp of application, Ser.No. 82,256, filed March 18, 1949, which matured as Patent Number2,550,397, April 24, 1951.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a connectorwhich is simple in form and efi'lcient in operation, wherefore a handleand mop or the like may be readily and easily connected anddisconnected.

I accomplish the above object by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts thereof, as will fully appear by a perusal of thedescription below and by various specific features which will behereinafter set forth.

To the above cited and other ends and with the foregoing and variousother novel features and advantages and other objects of my invention aswill become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, myinvention consists in certain novel features of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter moreparticularly pointed in the claim hereunto annexed and more fullydescribed and referred to in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a connector embodying the novel features of theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the connector shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more to the drawings in detail, the invention will be fullydescribed.

A body 2 is provided which will preferably be formed from sheet metal byany Well known metal working method.

A rear end portion 5 of the body may be of any form or shape forattachment to a handle so that the handle may be connected by means ofthe device to a mop, broom or the like.

The body has an intermediate portion 6 and a forward portion 8 which aregenerally channel shape in transverse cross-section. The forward sectioninclines upwardly as shown in Fig. 2.

The intermediate portion 6 and forward portion 8 being channel shape incross-section, there are longitudinal lips ID and I2 at opposite sidesthereof with vertical shoulders I i inwardly from the end of th forwardportion.

A clamp plate It has a forward portion l8 and a rear declining portion20.

A screw 22 of any desired form extends upwardly from the body andthrough a slot 24 in the plate IS.

A retainer 26 in the form of a T is struck up from the body and the rearend of the plate I6 is provided with a slot 28 and arranged so that thetransverse part 30 of the retainer is disposed over the said rear end ofthe plate.

The longitudinal side edges of the plate l6 preferably curve downwardlyat 32 and the forward transverse end 34 of the plate curves downwardly.

A spring 36 surrounds the screw 22 and a wing nut 38 is in threadedengagement with the screw.

The spring 36 urges the plate upwardly against the wing nut and theretainer and slot at the end of the plate prevent displacement of saidplate while allowing up and down movements thereof.

The forward end of the body, forward end of the plate and shoulders,disposed as they are, provide a transverse channel 49 for receiving amember of a mop, brush, or the like. Said member is clamped in thechannel by forcing the plate downwardly by the member 38 against theaction of spring 35.

The channel shape arrangement of the forward portions of the plate andbody providing the lips 32 and I2 provide spaced cooperating means forsecurely gripping a part of a mop, brush, or the like therebetween.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departingfrom the essential characteristics thereof. Hence, the presentembodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects merely asbeing illustrative and not as being restrictive, the scope of theinvention being indicated by the appended claim rather than by theforegoing description, and all modifications and variations as fallwithin the meaning and purview and range of equivalency of the appendedclaim are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

A connector for connecting a handle to a mop comprising in combination,a body having a rear end for attachment to the handle and an upwardlyinclined forward end for engagement with the mop, a clamp plate having arear declining bifurcated end defining a slot and a forward mop engagingend, a screw extending upwardly from said body and through a centralopening in said clamp plate, a spring disposed around said screw betweensaid body and clamp plate for urging said clamp plate upwardly, a nutthreadedly engageable with said screw and disposed above said clampplate for resisting the upward thrust of said spring, a T-shapedretainer extending upwardly from said body having a transverse freeupper end portion, said retainer being receivable in the slot in saidclamp plate with the transverse end portion of said retainer overlyingand bearing upon said clamp plate, spaced side walls on opposite sidesof said body and clamp plate in opposed relationship and cooperating toprovide gripping means for securing the mop therebetween.

JOHN F. BAGLEY, JR.

REFERENCES; GITED The following ref erences are of record in the file ofthis patent:

Number Number 4 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Christiansen Aug. 2,1904 Rudolph et a1 Dec. 16, 1924 Robinson Aug. 14, 1928 Redlinger May26, 1931 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain May 29, 1930 GreatBritain June 8, 1933 Great Britain Sept. 9, 1940

